CCKazi007 said:
As far as UFOs they do exist there are way too many "citings" and if the military or US gov had nothing to hide why would they erase all pictures and history of Area 51? There is a huge differance between ignorance and conspiracy theories.
First, learn to spell properly. My eyes are bleeding.
I'm just going to adress the most glaringly stupid point you brought up because, well, I'm not bored enough to refute all the other glaringly stupid points you brought up.
I see that as a stupid civilian you have no idea how the military works. You also have no idea whatsoever what "classified material" actually means. Here's a clue: when they say in movies, jokingly, "I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you," it's true. There are things that, if seen, could cause so much damage to the country, or even to the world, that it is hidden from civilians. Hell, some "regular" stuff like radar systems and other weapons-related systems were guarded by soldiers with assault rifles, in fenced-off buildings, during the Cold War. (There are still various degrees of security now.)
There are various terms related to why the military hides certain aspects of it's operations: PERSEC (PERsonal SECurity; if someone learns those secrets they can kill a bunch of people), OPSEC (OPeration SECurity; if someone learns about that they can screw up operations), etc. Do you know how "Top Secret" clearance is defined?
Executive Order 12356 said:
"Top Secret" shall be applied to information, the unauthorized disclosure of which reasonably could be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security.
Don't you think projects that research technology incredibly more advanced than what the public knows about now, should be kept away from prying eyes? Or would you rather give all that information to the terrorsits so they can kick the West's butt?
Heck, considering troop movements and ship deployments are Secret or Top Secret, "special" projects (stealth fighters and the like) would be somewhere around Cosmic Top Secret (a NATO classification; the US wouldn't give anything THAT clearance).
In short, just because the government and the military doesn't disclose every little secret doesn't mean they have anything to hide. It just means that there are things that questionable people shouldn't know about. It's win-win. Well, except for the terrorists.